TexasTerror
February 24th, 2010, 07:34 AM
Good luck Chatty!
UTC benefited from the game coming to their hometown and the game has had a nice little run there. It's nice to know the history of the game's movement to Chatty, especially for those of us not familiar with the transition...
It was an ambitious idea, bringing the NCAA Division I football championship game to Chattanooga.
The city never had hosted such an event, and at the time former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director Ed Farrell conceived of the idea, in 1995, the facility that was to host the game, Finley Stadium, wasn't even built.
"I don't really know that there was any bolt of lightning that lit me up," Farrell said of the idea to bid for the game. "I guess it just struck me as something we ought to try to do with the stadium. It was out there and I thought, why not us?"
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/feb/24/city-stepped-out-to-host/?sports
UTC benefited from the game coming to their hometown and the game has had a nice little run there. It's nice to know the history of the game's movement to Chatty, especially for those of us not familiar with the transition...
It was an ambitious idea, bringing the NCAA Division I football championship game to Chattanooga.
The city never had hosted such an event, and at the time former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director Ed Farrell conceived of the idea, in 1995, the facility that was to host the game, Finley Stadium, wasn't even built.
"I don't really know that there was any bolt of lightning that lit me up," Farrell said of the idea to bid for the game. "I guess it just struck me as something we ought to try to do with the stadium. It was out there and I thought, why not us?"
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/feb/24/city-stepped-out-to-host/?sports